Artificial Intelligence

People frequently mix up two pairs of terms when talking about artificial intelligence: Strong vs. Weak AI, and General vs. Narrow AI. The key to understanding the difference lies in which perspective we want to take: are we aiming for a holy grail that, once found, will mean solving one…

Artificial intelligence promises to transform — and indeed, has already transformed — entire industries, from civic planning and health care to cybersecurity. But privacy remains an unsolved challenge in the industry, particularly where compliance and regulation are concerned. Recent controversies put the problem into sharp relief. The Royal Free London…

Artificial Intelligence and its applications are a part of everyday life: from social media newsfeeds to mediating traffic flow in cities, from autonomous cars to connected consumer devices like smart assistants, spam filters, voice recognition systems, and search engines. AI has the potential to revolutionise societies in many ways. However,…

Tiff Macklem is the dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, which is home to the Creative Destruction Lab’s Quantum-AI venture program. He is also chair of the Global Risk Institute. Michele Mosca is a cryptographer and mathematics professor at the University of Waterloo, co-founder of the…